Former senator John Sununu launches 2026 GOP primary bid for New Hampshire Senate seat, facing Scott Brown in race for Trump endorsement and chance to flip Democratic stronghold.
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EXCLUSIVE:RYE,N.H.—It’sbeen15yearssinceRepublicanswonaU.S.SenateelectioninswingstateNewHampshire.
ButformerSen.JohnE.Sununuisconfidenthecanbreakhisparty’slosingstreak.
“ThisisaraceIknowIcanwin,”SununutoldFoxNewsDigitallastmonth.
Sununulaunchedhis2026GOPSenatecampaignearlierthisweek,andonFridayexplainedwhyhe’stherightpersontofliptheseatcurrentlyheldbylongtimeDemocraticSen.JeanneShaheen,who’sretiringafternextyear.
FIRSTONFOX:FORMERGOPSENATOREMERGESFROMPRIVATESECTORWITHNEWMISSION-‘SOMEBODYHASTOSTEPUP’
“It’stherightmessage,therightsetofissues,andalsotherightperson,”SununutoldFoxNewsDigital,inhisfirstnationalinterviewafterdeclaringhiscandidacy.
Sununuisaformerthree-termrepresentativewhodefeatedthen-Gov.ShaheeninNewHampshire’s2002Senateelection.Butthesenatorlost
